RWBY: Volume 4, Chapter 1: The Next Step

It's been several months since the Fall of Beacon, and the world of Remnant is still recovering. Tensions are high, lives have been lost, and the members of Team RWBY... are divided. Each of our heroines now faces a journey of their own. While some must search inward if they ever hope to move on, others will venture out into the world in search of answers. Alongside the remaining members of Team JNPR, Ruby Rose has begun the long trek to the kingdom of Mistral, but the road ahead is full of surprises. New friends and enemies await, while the threat of an even larger catastrophe draws near.

THey confirm a release date yet? I know that'll take a bit after they release it to iTunes for them to release to Spotify (Vol. 3 came out in August 2016 on Spotify, plz not again)

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mogueraFIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold

5 months ago

I always find that opening scene, featuring the Council of Doom, interesting, mainly for how much they manage to convey about the situation with what is both said and unsaid. The biggest things I noted came from Watts dialogue. His statements imply that, not only was Cinder probably always Salem's favorite, but, prior to her being injured, Cinder was probably unbearably smug about it, giving as good as she got verbally, which is why Watts appreciates the fact that Ruby ruined Cinder's voice.

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5 months ago

What I noticed was the creepy take on the song Lusus Naturae from Grimm Eclipse (below average game, great song) as the grim was climbing out of the pool, and a creepy version of Divide when Salem walked in. Also the look of their chairs: are those, like ashen dead wood, or bone? What are they made of? and why are they wrapped up like that?

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JARichmondFIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold

2 months ago

@bass5069 I always figured that the song for Salem was a take on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" with some variants in key to make it, as you said, waaaay more creepy.

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Jaune is actually a genderbent version of Joan of Arc. All of team JNPR is based off of people in history or mythology who crossdressed at some point. Achilles for Pyrrha, Thor for Nora, Joan of Arc for Jaune, and Mulan for Ren.

Also your theory for every character being disney or film goes out the window when you consider Scarlet from Sun's team being based off of a kpop artist that Monty liked.

Actually I did read that Scarlet's character is based off of Peter from Peter Pan. His first name 'Scarlet' comes from the sequel 'Peter Pan In Scarlet'. It's his appearance that is just modeled after a Kpop idol. Some of these characters (Minus the ones from Mythology and actual history) are indeed from Disney, but let's not forget they came from actual Fairy Tale novels & stories, long before Disney adapted them.

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5 days ago

Following on from Pyrrha being based off of Achilles, notice how the Injury that finally brought her to her knees was (sort of) an arrow to her 'Achilles' heel.

Quite possible indeed. Even if Jaune isn't the descendent of that King, I believe he's the true hero of this story, the one "with a heart pure enough to pull Excalibur out of its stone", so to say. He could be the "simple soul" referred to in This Will Be The Day, the one in which "lies victory".

After all, he's humble yet cocky (as proven when he tried to serenade Weiss into going to the dance with him and all the other times he tried to charm her), he truly cares about others (he was the first to befriend Ruby when she arrived at Beacon, among other things) and he's a true gentlemen who didn't let resentment get the best of him (as proven when he defended Cardin or when he helped Neptune get closer to Weiss). Having lost someone dear to him makes him even more suitable, as he knows there are consequences to fighting evil.

The more the show progresses, the more I love Jaune. He used to be a comical relief, and for some time, I wasn't sure I would see him as anything but that. Now look at him with his new arms and armour! He looks like King Arthur... in jeans and hoodie. :P

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MeiglanFIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold

5 months ago

The king couldn't have been his father, the Great War occured a very long time ago, Jaune's great-great grandfather fought in the war, I believe. It's actually his sword that Jaune uses. Also, as to the person who thinks Jaune might be the "simple soul (or was it honest soul)" that was referred to in Volumes 1 and 3, I doubt it. They were talking about Ruby for sure in Volume 1, so I doubt that changed in the end of Volume 3. But I really do like his character, for the comedy and the depth of emotion he feels over well, everything.

When's Hazel going to show up again? I want more of that amazing voice.

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7 months ago

Anyone else but me wish Roman was at the meeting. Kicking his feet up on the desk, insult Cinder, tell Dr. Hazel that the caterpillar on his upper lip is about to eat his face. Neo in the background playing a game on her scroll. Just them being fake jovial.

Roman had enough self preservation instinct to not insult Cinder to her face, and I expect that would extend to the rest of the Council O' Doom.

However, you have given me the fabulous mental image of Ghost Roman following around and commenting on everything with the full power of his sarcasm and disdain, unencumbered by things like "saying X will get me set on fire."

... better yet. Neo's imagination of Roman that she thinks is real (at least most of the time) and/or can make quasi-real using her illusion semblance.

Neo and Ghost Roman. Make it happen, Roosterteeth. You KNOW you want to hear from him again.

Oh my goodness. That would be fantastic. I really do want to know where Neo ended up... I doubt Roman will be reappearing, but any scene where Neo attempts to recreate him via illusion would b very interesting indeed. (Although I still think her Semblance is more along the lines of teleportation, with maybe some illusory aspects, kind of like Blake's but longer-ranged.)

Although i love his new design, shouldn’t Jaune have the extra protection on his exposed weapon arm not his already protected shield arm. Adding extra on his shield arm seems a bit redundant speaking from a historical and realistic point of view.

The reason he has armor on his shielded side, is that it makes his left side bulkier so he can swing with his right arm more freely and quickly.

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Fenrir88FIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold

7 months ago

No. Shield arm is almost always towards the threat. Armouring the shoulder of the shield arm helps protect against impacts from the shield itself, it helps stabilze the shield, and it helps protect you when your shield arm eventually tires and starts to drop.

Well, I'm not late into the series. I saw this episode before the recent one explaining Ozpin and Oscar's situation. I do know now, but again, this was before the episode where Ozpin explains things a bit.

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7 months ago

why........gtfo

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7 months ago

Can we rename him "Stubby"?

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8 months ago

+1 Cool

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8 months ago

Graphical Upgrade, smoother animations and Ruby's gotten like thirty times stronger. I mean, she's bloody flying. My favorite Character just get's better, also Ren and Nora's hair have gone nuts how long did the time skip?

Hnng...Now the feels as I realize the bottom ornament of Jaune's shield is Pyrrha's Tiara headpiece.

I didn't say this when I first saw this episode, but I really feel like Church's quote from the end of Season 13 of RvB really sums up the role of us as fans in Season 4 of RWBY, now that Monty's gone (Bless him). "In the end, they just have to have faith. Ain't that a bitch?". I'm sure Monty had faith in the team. I'm absolutely positive. Now it's our turn to see how it turns out. It's our turn to have faith in them. And I'm with Church on this one. It really is a bitch. But I'll have faith. For Monty.

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8 months ago

Finally just getting started watching this season and omg i love it so far. and also..... CAN WE HAVE JOAN'S HOODIE?! IT HAS A CUTE BUNNY ON IT

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I kind of miss the impact of the old fight scenes. I don't know if the new, polished design is causing things to look too "floaty" now, or if there is less work going into the audio mastering of the combat, but there's something off now. (I still love, love, LOVE RWBY!) I do however feel like what kept me on the edge of my seat from volumes 1-3 was the detail and weightiness that went into each fight. You could almost feel every bash and collision, whereas now, it's much less 3-dimensional. I hope they take this into consideration, but again, no hate, just a slight bit of disappointment. Apparently, I wasn't the only one feeling this way. Still have much love and won't stop watching.

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MeiglanFIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold

1 month ago

I'm sure they'll do better going forward. Volume 4 was a big transition for everyone working on RWBY, so some things were bound to suffer. It seems like they put so much effort into the other aspects of animation, that the fight sequences suffered. But seriously, unless flying is their semblance, they shouldn't be able to do half the stuff they did this volume. That and the creativity is gone from the fights. They're a little predictable this volume. I know the people working on RWBY can do better than this, so I'm sure it will improve.

i may have already said this on a previous watch but it's nice to know wises is helping where she can at least i assume thats why Nora mentions schnne dust company although i suppose they have a monopoly on dust pretty much so even if Weiss isn't helping it's all still schnee dust.

also another though with the smother animation the fight scenes lose something it feels to smooth. i on't dislike it here particularly but i f eel i takes some of the realistic grittiness away, it seams like fighting should be a bit choppy in real life fighting isn't smooth and majestic so why in shows.

Wait so Ozpin is really dead?! Please no. That was way to short a fight - however epic - to be all the screen time he got to shine. And the way Qrow and Tai Xio kept going on.... It didn't really seem to be his end. And if it was, who was Salem talking to - or rather, why was she talking as if he were present at the end of Season 3? Doesn't add up.

Kind of interesting that Emerald and Mercury are abhorred by the creation of Grim but went along with Cinder anyway. And Cinder got wrecked. I'd feel bad for her if she wasn't responsible for Penny, Pyrrah, Ozpin, Roman Torchwick, Neo(?), and Beacon Academy. (On a side note, I suspect they'll be changing her voice actress for when she's back to full.)

Hats off to the crew behind the voice acting. Hazel sounds like a boss, Tirion like a loon, and Watts could be the civil one that makes up for the child-like antics of Tirion (he literally acts like a kid on a sugar high). And of course the regulars are sounding better and better with each season.

Excellent work on the fight. Showcased how Team JNRR (I'm with Nora on that one, it's less of a stretch than RNJR) have improved in more ways than style.

And the art-style of this season. It's different, obviously. Not sure how I feel about it. Clearly smoother animation, and more attention to detail, but at the same time it kind of feels, I don't know, video game-ish. More in the vein of RvB if that makes sense. I'm sure in time, though, it'll be ideal for the season. After all, the animation and coloring of RWBY has been steadily evolving. This just seems to be the most drastic leap compared to the incremental steps from 1 to 2 and 3.

The only problem I have is that the female model seems to have too thin of a neck for the broad shoulders. Also, there was a lazily animated mid-air dodge on the part of Ren. Not that I blame them. I can tell you from experience that animation is a bitch.

Ruby left the store with a big smile on her face. “Thank you for your time sir!”

The shopkeeper smiled as well. “Any time again!”

The door shut behind her and Ruby giggled. The weaponstores here in Mistral were all so cool! They had a halberd, whose shaft could be halved and turned into a double barreled shotgun, a shield whose edge was made out of blades, which could be used for throwing or slashing, and the edge was detachable to form a blade-whip. She shivered in joy and almost turned around. But – since she spent almost two hours in that shop – she decided to move on and see more of this place.

The alley she walked was made of little shacks and houses, all shops of different kinds, dust, hand-knit clothes, foreign foods whose smells she didn’t even recognize – but she definitely needed to try some of those! – and lots of people in fashionable clothing. Wide robes, pretty dresses, sandals and foreign looking hairstyles. They were so different, but yet a lot more friendly than she expected, even after uncle Qrow told her about Mistral.

Even though she wouldn’t be so naïve to forget the other part he told her about, she thought, as she passed a small, dark alley between two shops, where scraps of rotten wood and bags of garbage lied around, accompanied as to be expected: Four and two legged rats, scudding around each other, waiting for the leftovers of better beings.

She turned away and kept going along the alley, light by lampions in a vast amount of different colors, shaded by the shadows of shop signs and the pure, bright light that floated through the milk glass of the shops and bars, all overflooded by the moonlight.

She looked up at the bright moon, peace in mind, until she suddenly realized how much the moon already had risen. “Dammit! Jaune!” she suddenly shouted, grabbed her scroll and opened it. Two missed calls, one sound message. She started running as she turned on the message.

“Ruby, where are you?!” asked Jaunes distressed voice out of her scroll. “We are supposed to meet up with these – you know who – guys in less than half an hour!”

“I knooow…” Ruby cried.

“Wherever you are, hurry!” A clicking voice ended the message.

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Tyrian watched the girl in the red hood, squatting at the top of a roof, as she turned her head and looked up in the sky. The shine of silver eyes, reflecting the moonlight made him giggle. “Gotcha.” As the little girl started to run, he followed her over the rooftops into the night, a mad smile on his face.

The foggy air condensed at her face, moistening it, while Ruby ran through the streets, close to her meeting point with Jaune, Ren and Nora. She quickly drew her scroll out of her pocket, glancing at the time. She was already five minutes over the scheduled time and another missed call by Jaune. “Stop acting like dad, Jaune ...” Ruby angrily mumbled as she turned around another corner into a small alley.

She came to an abrupt halt as she saw, that it was a dead end. The alley ended after around two dozen steps in a stone wall, drenched in moss and moisture. Ruby let out an angry squeal as she turned around to leave her as-so-hoped shortcut.

She frowned, as she saw some weird guy at the entrance of the alley. He looked quite off, compared to the people here. Instead of the colorful clothes of the normal people or the shady outfits of the rats and misfits of the slums, he wore pure white clothes, some pants, a vest and in addition leather gloves and loads of leather straps around his arms. His clothing wasn’t that unusual, but the look on his face made her stop. He looked at her, his head slightly tilt, with a weird grin on his long face under the unkempt hair, directly looking at her, as if he knew her.

She looked at him with narrow eyes for a second, before she decided to try and avoid trouble. She was already late and the guys she was supposed to meet five minutes ago, seemed serious about having some intel. She assertively stepped forward, but the guy didn’t flinch. Slightly budging to the left she rose her voice. “Excuse me. Wrong turn.” She slightly nod her head, raising her and in a gesture of apology, squeezing herself between the man and the soggy wall as he smashed his hand against the wall, blocking her way.

Ruby stopped, slowly looked up to him, grinning down to her, suppressing a sigh. So that’s how this was going. Her hand wandered to the grip of her scythe as the man bend over her, his face only a few inches from hers. “You took the wrong turn a long time ago.” He whispered, before starting to giggle.

I won't be quite so blunt but, fearzila, you are seriously mistaken if you think Star Wars and Naruto are the points of origin for what is shown here. Both in the Star Wars and Naruto series, cues were taken from work that preceded. With Naruto the inspirations were Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z mixed with several Chinese myths. Star Wars took most of its ideas from Eastern Mysticism (the Force = Ki) and ancient Greece, as well as 'classical' tales of monks and their disciples.

And the art style of RWBY has been changing a little with every season.

The plot also has shown very little similarities to Naruto or Star Wars. Naruto's plot is a bare step above Dragon Ball Z: Stupid idiot with super-powers beats up everyone/everything to prove he's right or best or deserves respect. (That show had so much potential and just missed the ball.)

And the various plots in Star Wars (canon) are that the Republic or Alliance both are a bunch of incompetent organizations unable to survive on their own for more than a day without some new super-powerful threat invading or conquering. But don't worry here comes a lucky scrapper with the force to save the day. While the none-canon (EU) is worse with Luke Skywalker suffering a server case of Goku-ism, basically becoming the god of the Force or something. I'm relieved most of that got scrapped when Disney bought it.

You can compare that with just the setting alone of Remnant and you'll see there's a LOT more going on here than what you find in Naruto. I mean, just listen to the opening themes of Season 2 and 3, read those lyrics then come back and try to say this bears a similarity to Naruto or Star Wars, plot-wise.

Thank you @Kerisato for actually using a well thought argument and using actual comparison to the things i referenced to counter what i said, i will highlight that I meant the old republic and certain scenes with sideus, rather than just vomiting insultingly on a comments section like this is youtube or a rugby changing room, and getting complimented weirdly well for it.

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